DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners

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Video by Spc. Kevin Butler
B-Roll - Motor transport operators demonstrate the Enhanced Container Handling Unit
103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
May 3, 2023 | 59:12
U.S. Army Reserve motor transport operators, assigned to the 919 Inland Cargo Transport Company, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), demonstrate the Enhanced Container Handling Unit (ECHU) during training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, April 25, 2023. Motor transport operators play an integral role in sustaining the force by transporting essential goods such as ammunition, medical supplies, and food using vital equipment such as the ECHU. (U.S. Army Reserve Video by Spc. Kevin Butler)
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